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Legislative Update from Kris Lytton

Apr. 15 2015 3 minutes read

We’ve made it to Week 14 and there are just two weeks left in the 2015 session. I am really looking forward to getting home soon but we still have a lot of work to do before heading back.

Police Blotter, April 5 - 10, 2015

Apr. 11 2015 6 minutes read

Significant damage was done to two vehicles when an Oak Harbor driver attempted to pass a motorhome on the right on Highway 20, then swerved back to avoid another vehicle already in the right hand lane.

Newest ferry Samish to be added to Anacortes runs

Art Shotwell Apr. 11 2015 2 minutes read

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The brand new, 144-car Samish is set to officially take its place amid Washington state’s ferry system in June on regular runs out of Anacortes.

Weather change ahead

Art Shotwell Apr. 10 2015 1 minute read

... Cool and unsettled conditions are expected across the western Washington lowlands on Saturday...

2 Oak Harbor women killed in traffic accident

Art Shotwell Apr. 9 2015 1 minute read

Two Oak Harbor women were killed as a result of a one-car traffic accident Wednesday when their vehicle, which was traveling eastbound, ran off Highway 20 near Reservation Rd. and hit a concrete barrier fronting Sunland Bank and Topsoils.

Swinomish Tribe Files Suit to Stop Bakken Crude Oil Trains

Art Shotwell Apr. 7 2015 4 minutes read

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The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against BNSF Railway for allegedly violating the terms of an easement agreement allowing trains to cross the Reservation.

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